Creative Commons, Thing # 10

Wow, I’ve already explored Open Educational Resources and love it! I 100% agree with sharing teaching materials. Teaching is not a competition. We should all want our great ideas and materials used widely. We’re reaching more students that way. I’ve started scanning in all of my materials I only have in hard copy. I share quite often with teachers at my school. I put ppts/notes on my blog for my students. However, I don’t have a place on the web where they would be accessible to everyone. I definitely need to make that a goal.

I’ve never noticed CC before. It could be I’m not that observant. More likely, I get into a pretty stale routine of accessing the same old sites. This course has reminded me time and time again of all that’s out there. The challenge is to sift through and make the unbelievable amount of information manageable and usable.

I do use digital images and streaming video quite often in class. CC can make these kinds of assignments much more interesting. More importantly, I see CC playing a role more in independent student projects. The only down side could potentially be students relying less on their own creativity and more on that of others. I understand that taking an idea and making it new is creativity. However, at times the most creative type of learning can come from a blank canvas.